ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. yesterday, the department said it did not believe the attacks were linked to the protest over an anti-islamic film made in the u.s. new documents suggest there was an internal disagreement about the amount of security needed at the consulate. >>> a former campaign aide to d.c. mayor vincent gray who needed guilty to lying to federal investigators is set to be sentenced today. howard brooks admits he gave under the table payments using fraudulent money orders to suleiman brown. brooks could face six months in jail but prosecutors said they are open to allowing probation. >>> prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in a montgomery county murder case. that decision was revealed during a pretrial hearing for curtis lopez. he is accused of killing his estranged wife last year and beating her 11-year-old son with a baseball bat. the boy's body was later found in the woods. during the hearing, lopez' lawyers tried to get evidence from a medical expert suppressed but the judge says he wil